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posted by on Monday January 09 2017, @08:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the second-amendment dept.

The love of guns in the United States has been well documented, as have multiple mass shootings across the country such as those in Orlando, San Bernardino, Newtown, and Virginia. The ease of access to guns in American society comes at a shocking cost.

As of September 2016, almost 11,000 people have been killed as a result of gun violence. Despite this high death toll, mass shootings in America show no sign of disappearing.

The Stateside obsession with guns can appear baffling to UK observers unfamiliar with its origins. So just how did this gun culture become so deep-rooted in the American psyche?

BBC source: Why Are Americans so Obsessed with Guns?

Wikipedia: Gun politics in the United States


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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday January 10 2017, @03:08PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 10 2017, @03:08PM (#452070) Journal

    Huh, wut? You're saying that democrat controlled cities and states are voluntarily relaxing gun control laws? Or, are you attempting to credit those democrats with Supreme Court rulings that have FORCED the democrats to accept more lenient gun laws?

    Which laws have been rolled back in Chicago, and Illinois, may I ask?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @04:02PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @04:02PM (#452104)

    Ok, so faced with facts that don't fit your agenda, you just go into denail mode.
    Republican controlled states have been passing more and more lax guns laws for the last decade.
    Expanding the areas where people can legally carry to churches, schools, parks, workplaces etc.
    Texas has gone from first permitting concealed carry about 20 years ago to now permitting open carry.
    Missouri recently passed a new stand your ground law and eliminated the requirement for training before getting a CCW.
    Its a really long list.

    When you try to deflect away from those simple facts you are agenda driven instead of fact driven.
    Democrats are the real racists! -- The rallying cry of actual racists.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @05:59PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @05:59PM (#452152)

      X are the real racists! -- The rallying cry of actual racists.

      So, logically, that makes you...?